by - January 10, 2019 10:32 am
The U.S. electric power sector is expected to add 23.7 gigawatts and retire 8.3 gigawatts of generating capacity in 2019, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA). This data,…
by - January 9, 2019 5:35 pm
NEA Baptist Center for Good Grief will host a four-week, closed Family Grief Group starting on Jan. 29. There will be weekly sessions, each Tuesday through February 19, according to…
by - January 9, 2019 3:28 pm
Mary Kennedy of Little Rock has been named as the director of the new Windgate Museum of Art at Hendrix College in Conway. She started the position on Jan. 7….
by - January 9, 2019 3:06 pm
The Arkansas Economic Development Commission Division of Rural Services has awarded grants totaling $531,602.23 to promote wildlife education and improve school conservation programs to 253 schools and conservation districts in…
by - January 9, 2019 2:00 pm
Priority Bank of Fayetteville was among 31 national banks, federal savings associations, and insured federal branches of foreign banks that have received a satisfactory or outstanding Community Reinvestment Act evaluations…
by - January 9, 2019 1:58 pm
The city council in Sherman, Texas, has approved a tax abatement for a Tyson Foods plant expansion expected to cost $30 million. The agreement is for six years at 50%…
by - January 9, 2019 1:35 pm
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has halted updates on its website for meat and poultry recall updates because of the partial government shutdown. The last update listed on the site is…
by - January 9, 2019 1:24 pm
Africa, Asia and the Middle East drove nearly all growth in global energy consumption, between 2010 and 2016, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA). The new data on…
by - January 9, 2019 11:05 am
Bentonville software firm RevUnit has announced three promotions that will restructure its executive leadership team. Josh Stanley, who joined the company as a result of the company’s acquisition of Teamvvork…
by - January 9, 2019 9:44 am
Lowell-based carrier J.B. Hunt Transport Services has reached a deal to purchase New Jersey-based carrier Cory 1st Choice Home Delivery for $100 million as the company continues to invest into…
by - January 8, 2019 6:01 pm
U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue has extended the deadline for agricultural producers to apply for payments under the Market Facilitation Program as provided by the trade mitigation program administered…
by - January 8, 2019 5:55 pm
Arkansas’ hospitals had an annual economic impact of $11.54 billion in 2017 and employed 45,800 people, according to a report distributed by the Arkansas Hospital Association on Tuesday (Jan. 8)….
by - January 8, 2019 3:39 pm
The Arkansas Economic Development Commission (AEDC) has named Mitch Chandler as Director of Executive Communications. Chandler previously worked at the agency, serving as communications director from November 2003 to February…
by - January 8, 2019 3:27 pm
Paradise Advertising & Marketing has been selected as the agency of record for the Little Rock Convention & Visitors Bureau (LRCVB), the official destination marketing organization for Arkansas’ capital city….
by - January 8, 2019 11:06 am
Dollar Tree is mulling the possibility of divesting its Family Dollar business under pressure from activist investor Starboard Equity LP, which owns 1.7% of Dollar Tree’s outstanding shares. Starboard urged…
by - January 8, 2019 10:37 am
Bentonville-based technology company TeleComp Holdings Inc. has acquired TeleGen Solutions of Tulsa. TeleComp announced the deal Tuesday (Jan. 8), and the purchase was completed Dec. 17. Financial terms of the…
by - January 7, 2019 3:47 pm
The Arkansas Agriculture Hall of Fame will induct five individuals whose leadership and service have brought distinction to the state’s largest business sector. The newest class includes retired University of…
by - January 7, 2019 2:47 pm
Two Little Rock marketing firms — EXIT Marketing and Thoma Thoma — will merge effective immediately. The merged firm, to be called Thoma Thoma with EXIT Digital as its social…
by - January 7, 2019 1:43 pm
Anstaff Bank announced plans Monday (Jan. 7) to expand, with a second branch in Mountain Home. The Green Forest (Carroll County) banking company said in a news release it has…
by - January 7, 2019 10:36 am
Southwestern Electric Power Co. (SWEPCO), a utility company of Columbus, Ohio-based American Electric Power (AEP), will request proposals for up to 1,200 megawatts of wind energy projects to be in…
